This week Mitchell and Lauren talk externalities and the impact they have on our environment. Externalities are the impact that producing goods and services inflict on our environment. Join us while we learn more about what internalizing costs would look like and how it would benefit our climate. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Mitchell and Lauren! They would love to hear from you!https://fashionunited.com/news/fashion/h-m-accused-of-burning-12-tonnes-of-new-unsold-clothing-per-year/2017101717884Forest, Maura. Canada needs carbon tax of $210 a tonne by 2030 to meet Paris targets. National Post. Postmedia Network inc. November 27, 2019.Daly, Herman E., and Joshua C. Farley. Ecological economics : principles and applications. Washington: Island Press, 2004 Raj Patel, The Value of Nothing: How to reshape market society and redefine democracy. 2009. Granta PublicationsEngelbert Stockhammer, Harald Hochreiter, Bernhard Obermayr, Klaus Steiner, The index of sustainable economic welfare (ISEW) as an alternative to GDP in measuring economic welfare. 1997.David Roberts explains, “study after study finds that the primary determinant of a person’s actual ecological footprint is income.” 2017 inequality stat (16:00) Simon, David R. Meatonomics : how the rigged economics of meat and dairy make you consume too much-- and how to eat better, live longer, and spend smarter. San Francisco, CA: Conari Press, 2013.Berry, 1987, p. 16

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